With the closure of Kohla Bridge in 1947, most of the trucks and buses owned by Allied Chirag Din and Sons, Nanda Bus Service, N.D. Radhakrishan and other small transport operators got held up on the other side of the border.
Their vehicles had to be commandeered to bring refugees from border areas but they did not co-operate with the State’s Emergency Administration.
A handful of persons were drawn virtually from the road-side both at Jammu and Srinagar to form the management to operate the 50 trucks it acquired from General Motor Corporation, Bombay along with some accessories left by the American Company.
To make the transport system advantageous and convenient to the Public, kargil, Tourism, Trade, Industry and various other agencies.
To provide an efficient and economic Road Transport Service for the traveling public both within the State and on the Interstate routes.